Muxe

Muxe is a third gender in Zapotec cultures of Oaxaca in Mexico. The community was persecuted by non-Zapotecs for wearing Juchitec women's clothing, but, in Zapotec-majority Oaxaca, the Muxe were mostly accepted. Muxe is similar to being transgender, but with distinguishing characteristics, and Muxe consider themselves to represent the duality of having the strength of a male and the sensitivity of a female. In Juchitan, Muxe were appreciated by the local Zapotec community, and many saw them as lucky. In the early 1970s, 6% of Zapotec males were muxe.